ANOTHER reason to move to Baltimore

The Article

Absinth lovers assembled yesterday at a Baltimore restaurant, Ixia, for a taste of the notorious drink -- an invitation-only affair organized by one of the three major brands now approved for U.S. distribution.

...Then he took another sip. "I mean it's fine, but where are the hallucinations? I haven't seen anything except the fairy models floating around." -- in short skirts, pink wings, green body paint and little else. (That alone would make the trip worthwhile! )

Oscar Wilde, on Absinth: "After the first glass you see things as you wish they were. After the second you see things as they are not. Finally you see things as they really are, and that is the most horrible thing in the world."